Ripple

Synonyms for "ripple" (153 found)

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Translations

111 translations across 38 languages.

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Belarusian

2 entries
  • зыб noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • рабізна́ noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гребен noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • пулсация noun (small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal)
  • ромон noun (sound similar to that of undulating water)
  • правя вълнички verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ona noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • onejar verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 水波 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • 波纹 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • 漣漪 /涟漪 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Czech

4 entries
  • vlnka noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • zurčení noun (sound similar to that of undulating water)
  • čeření noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • šumění noun (sound similar to that of undulating water)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kabbelen noun (sound similar to that of undulating water)
  • repel noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • rimpeling noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • kabbelen verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ondeti verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kare noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • liplatus noun (sound similar to that of undulating water)
  • väre noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • väreily noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

French

4 entries
  • drège noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • ondulation noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • ondulation résiduelle noun (small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal)
  • onduler verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Galician

3 entries
  • ripa noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • ripanzo noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • ripo noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)

German

4 entries
  • Kräuseln noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • Riffel noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • Riffelkamm noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • Welligkeit noun (small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ʻaleʻale noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אַדְוָה noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • kare noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • vire noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • virehtiä verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Irish

1 entries
  • cuilithín noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Italian

2 entries
  • increspatura noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • scapecchiatoio noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)

Japanese

3 entries
  • noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • 漣漪 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • 砂紋 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កង្កាញ់ noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • អង្កាញ់ noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Korean

3 entries
  • 물결 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • 사문 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • 연의 noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мрешкање noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • мрешка verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Manx

1 entries
  • tonnane noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Māori

4 entries
  • hāki noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • kare noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • karetai noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • kōtaotao noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Navajo

1 entries
  • yilkʼooł noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Occitan

3 entries
  • onda noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • ondulacion noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • ondulacion residuala noun (small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal)

Old English

1 entries
  • ȳþian verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • طالغه noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • موج noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • طالغهلانمق verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Polish

3 entries
  • zmarszczka noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • marszczyć się verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)
  • zmarszczyć się verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • ondulação noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • ondular verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Romanian

2 entries
  • darac noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • undă noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Russian

4 entries
  • журча́ние noun (sound similar to that of undulating water)
  • зыбь noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • колеба́ния noun (small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal)
  • пульса́ции noun (small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • bućkanje noun (sound similar to that of undulating water)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ondulación noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • ondular verb (to move like the undulating surface of a body of water)

Swedish

4 entries
  • frörepa noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • krusning noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • repa noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)
  • rippel noun (style of ice cream)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kilapsaw noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dalgacık noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • dalgalanma noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • бри́жа noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • gợn noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • gợn sóng noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

Welsh

4 entries
  • crych noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • crychiad noun (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
  • crychiad noun (small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal)
  • rhipai noun (implement for removing the seeds from flax)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted.

Source: tatoeba (704834)

The Southwest is the hottest and driest region in the United States. Climate changes pose challenges for an already parched region that is expected to get hotter and, in its southern half, significantly drier. Increased heat and changes to rain and snowpack will send ripple effects throughout the region and its critical agriculture sector.

Source: tatoeba (3651103)

The ripple effects from COVID-19 may substantially raise the death toll from HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, according to a new study.

Source: tatoeba (10820442)

There wasn’t so much as a ripple on the water.

Source: tatoeba (11223326)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.